Licensing & Safety Onboard

You are important to us so we have secured all the training to ensure your safety while sailing and diving with CruiseNautic. As two USCG Masters Captains we are also trained under the following: International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers (STCW), PADI (Instructor), SSI (Divemaster), Emergency First Response (EFR), O2 Administrators (including Emergency O2 Kit Onboard); and Swiftwater Safety Institute Swiftwater Rescue Training (the same training used by the U.S. Navy Seals).

Kate is a fully certified PADI instructor as well as an instructor for both EFR and Emergency O2 Provider while Cyrus is a Scuba Schools International (SSI) certified Divemaster. Crew, rental gear and yacht are all covered under dive insurance.

What to bring.

Swimsuit
Toothbrush
Sunglasses
A hat so you don’t burn your brain

Pack it all up in a soft duffel, just like the pros. If it fits the plane overhead bin, you are in the gold. That about covers it. We’ve got everything else taken care of. Bring a book or a movie or whatever music you’d like. (No death metal, please. It frightens the fish.)

What if I forget something?

If it’s something we don’t have, and we’ve got pretty much everything imaginable onboard, there’s places to stop and pick up necessities along the way. Unless you lost your passport. We can’t really help you there. But the silver lining is you’ll get to spend the rest of your days in the beautiful Caribbean!

What if I have a food allergy?

Let us know first thing and we can accommodate. Whatever it is. Shellfish, gluten, anything. Are you one of those people that thinks cilantro tastes like soap? What cilantro? (quietly throws it all overboard) Just please don’t be allergic to fun. That bums us out.

What to know if it’s your first time on a sailboat.

Umm… Well, a sailboat is powered by the wind. It’s got two engines, too. But we try to use those as little as possible. It’s more eco-friendly that way. Otherwise, you don’t really need to know anything else. That’s why the crew is there. They do the sailing. You do the enjoying. They also do the cooking and the cleaning and the “hey look, there’s dolphins” and the “can I make you another drink?” Everyone, both guests and crew, does the smiling. There’s lots of that.

What are the lyrics to that one sailing song?

Yeah, fine. We’ll play along. But please get these songs out of your system before you come aboard.
Do you mean Sailing by Christopher Cross? Here’s a sampling of the lyrics:
Well, it’s not far down to paradise, at least it’s not for me
And if the wind is right you can sail away and find tranquility
Oh, the canvas can do miracles, just you wait and see.
Believe me.
It’s not far to never-never land, no reason to pretend
And if the wind is right you can find the joy of innocence again
Oh, the canvas can do miracles, just you wait and see.
Believe me.
Sailing takes me away to where I’ve always heard it could be
Just a dream and the wind to carry me
And soon I will be free

Or did you mean Come Sail Away by Styx? Again, please do not bring these songs aboard.

I’m sailing away set an open course for the virgin sea
I’ve got to be free free to face the life that’s ahead of me
On board I’m the captain so climb aboard
We’ll search for tomorrow on every shore
And I’ll try oh Lord I’ll try to carry on
I look to the sea reflections in the waves spark my memory
Some happy some sad
I think of childhood friends and the dreams we had
We live happily forever so the story goes
But somehow we missed out on that pot of gold
But we’ll try best that we can to carry on
A gathering of angels appeared above my head
They sang to me this song of hope and this is what they said
They said come sail away come sail away
Come sail away with me
Come sail away come sail away
Come sail away with me

It pretty much goes on like that for another hour. You get the idea.
Again, we cannot stress enough that these songs are not allowed.